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One of the first and most impressive works realized for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial was James Turrell’s House of Light in the mountainous city of Tōkamachi. Turrell was instructed to make a “meditation house” and was given a copy of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s In Praise of Shadows by K

There are differing accounts as to when the modern day emoji was born. Some say it was Softbank in 1997, however the most celebrated emoji set was created by Japanese designer, Shigetaka Kurita, for Japan’s main mobile carrier, DOCOMO. Kurita created a 176 character emoji set in 1999 for DOCOMO’s mo

On Dec. 6, 1928, Colombian soldiers sprayed gunfire at the banana workers who were demonstrating outside of the United Fruit Company. The figures about the number of workers killed greatly fluctuate depending on the source, however, about a month later, the U.S. Ambassador to Bogotá, Jefferson Caff

Curated by Adam Carr, the exhibition ‘1-31’ introduces a loose narrative that connects 31 works together by young, emerging and well-established artists. The exhibition showcases works in large part from Collecteurs’ members collections in addition to works by artists who were invited to participa

And How the Art World Turned its Back on Him. Back in 2013, after three years of non-stop contemplation, César Cervantes decided to sell the collection of contemporary art that took him two decades to build. It was a radical decision by one of Mexico’s most avid art patrons—one that was not t

Collecteurs—the world’s first collective digital museum presents SUBSTANCE 100, a new, annual list that outlines a diverse array of artists, activists, collectives, movements and organizations making a substantial change in the world.

Collecteurs and the Felix Gonzalez-Torres Family Archive proudly present Félix, a digital exhibition. Drawing from pivotal and never-before-seen works and material, this digital exhibition takes place on Collecteurs’ website and social media.

The Wave Exhibition on Collecteurs, curated by Carolina Martínez & Àngels Miralda. The Wave is an event like the ones we have recently passed under that seem to return with increasing frequency and force. Waves ride the tipping oceans whose tides sway from side to side with each lunar undulation.

Collecteurs at Home is a series focusing on private art collectors and their stories. Realized with an aim to foster dialogue around art and the importance of sharing, Collecteurs at Home consists of a brief introduction where each participant discusses a work of their choice.

United Against Censorship. Together with Massive Attack, Noam Chomsky, Jónsi of Sigur Rós, Pussy Riot, Nástio Mosquito, Alex Somers, Cyborg Neil Harbisson and Magid Magid we take a stance against censorship.

Evrim Oralkan in conversation with the artist Sam Durant.

The German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans started out shooting the gay club scene of the 1980s and 1990s in Berlin. He pointed his analogue camera to the counterculture community, photographing nightlife; raves, parties, afterparties and the lazy mornings that followed.